An argument for egalitarian confirmation bias and against political diversity in academia
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DOI: 10.1007/s11229-020-02846-2
Abstract: It has recently been suggested that politically motivated cognition leads progressive individuals (e.g., liberals) to form beliefs that underestimate real differences between social groups (e.g., in academic performance) and to process information selectively to support… read more here.
Keywords: diversity academia; confirmation bias; egalitarian confirmation;
When saying that you are biased means that you are acurate? The moderating effect of cognitive structuring on relationship between metacognitive self and confirmation bias use
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DOI: 10.1007/s12144-017-9729-y
Abstract: The aim of our study was to answer two questions: 1. How accurate are the reports of people who assert they are biased? 2. Why do people who know they are biased tend to engage… read more here.
Keywords: cognitive structuring; self; confirmation bias; metacognitive self ... See more keywords
The impact of confirmation bias on reasoning and visual attention during analysis in engineering design: An eye tracking study
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DOI: 10.1016/j.destud.2020.100963
Abstract: Concepts of problem and solution space are used to describe the design process. In this paper, confirmation bias is presented as an influencing factor on the problem space. Protocol and eye tracking data are used… read more here.
Keywords: eye tracking; problem; confirmation bias; visual attention ... See more keywords
Optimal Persuasion under Confirmation Bias: Theory and Evidence From a Registered Report
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DOI: 10.1017/xps.2021.21
Abstract: Political actors face a trade-off when they try to influence the beliefs of voters about the effects of policy proposals. They want to sway voters maximally, yet voters may discount predictions that are inconsistent with… read more here.
Keywords: prior beliefs; persuasion; confirmation bias; confirmation ... See more keywords
Active Confirmation Bias in the Evaluative Processing of Food Images
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-35179-9
Abstract: Predictive processing is fundamental to many aspects of the human mind, including perception and decision-making. It remains to be elucidated, however, in which way predictive information impacts on evaluative processing, particularly in tasks that employ… read more here.
Keywords: food images; evaluative processing; processing; confirmation bias ... See more keywords
Exposure Effects or Confirmation Bias? Examining Reciprocal Dynamics of Misinformation, Misperceptions, and Attitudes Toward COVID-19 Vaccines.
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DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2022.2059802
Abstract: This longitudinal study integrates exposure effects and confirmation bias under the theoretical framework of dynamic motivation activation (DMA) to examine the dynamic reciprocity of misinformation, misperceptions, and attitudes in the context of COVID-19 vaccination. Results… read more here.
Keywords: misperceptions attitudes; effects confirmation; misinformation; confirmation bias ... See more keywords
“I was Right about Vaccination”: Confirmation Bias and Health Literacy in Online Health Information Seeking
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DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2019.1583701
Abstract: When looking for health information, many people turn to the Internet. Searching for online health information (OHI), however, also involves the risk of confirmation bias by means of selective exposure to information that confirms one’s… read more here.
Keywords: online health; information; confirmation bias; health ... See more keywords
Is the Confirmation Bias Bubble Larger Online? Pre-Election Confirmation Bias in Selective Exposure to Online versus Print Political Information
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DOI: 10.1080/15205436.2019.1599956
Abstract: The Internet era has often been blamed for a predominant engagement with attitude-consistent information among citizens (labeled confirmation bias), which is thought to hurt political deliberation. This study offers the first rigorous evidence suggesting that… read more here.
Keywords: information; confirmation bias; confirmation; selective exposure ... See more keywords
The price of information: Increased inspection costs reduce the confirmation bias in visual search
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DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2016.1278249
Abstract: In visual search, there is a confirmation bias such that attention is biased towards stimuli that match a target template, which has been attributed to covert costs of updating the templates that guide search [Rajsic,… read more here.
Keywords: confirmation bias; search; psychology; visual search ... See more keywords
Self-correction of wrongful convictions : is there a “System-level” confirmation bias in the Swedish legal system’s appeal procedure for criminal cases?—Part II
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DOI: 10.1093/lpr/mgy018
Abstract: In this study, we propose that confirmation bias may not only be present in the behaviors of individual agents in the judicial system but can also be recognized at a “system-level” as an inability ... read more here.
Keywords: system level; confirmation bias; self correction; system ... See more keywords
Confirmation bias and vaccine-related beliefs in the time of COVID-19.
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DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdac128
Abstract: BACKGROUND In recent history mass vaccination has proved essential to dealing with pandemics. However, the effectiveness of a vaccine depends on the number of people willing to take it. One approach to encouraging uptake is… read more here.
Keywords: vaccine related; confirmation; confirmation bias; bias vaccine ... See more keywords